Representatives of major institutional investors, prominent industry experts, key financial sector regulators, and policy-makers will come together here on Saturday for a high-profile conclave to discuss the emerging trends in public infrastructure financing.
Organised by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), the State’s nodal agency for funding major infrastructure projects, the national seminar on the theme ‘Opportunities and challenges in public infrastructure financing’ would feature discussions and talks on new avenues and emerging trends in infrastructure financing.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would inaugurate the day-long seminar at a function to be chaired by Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac. Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) chiarman Ajay Tyagi will deliver the keynote address at the seminar.
“We can incentivise investment in Kerala by ensuring infrastructure facilities of global standards. To do this, there needs to be a strong improvement in the State’s financials. KIIFB is working under a mandate to mobilise funds from outside our budget provisions for the creation of infrastructure facilities based on the criteria set by the SEBI and RBI. KIIFB is a decisive initiative towards the State’s continued development,” the Finance Minister said, while explaining the rationale of the seminar.
Speakers at the seminar would include Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation CEO and managing director Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority’s former commission Srikant Nagulapalli, Tamil Nadu Principal Secretary (planning, economic development and special initiatives) S. Krishnan, Kerala Additional Chief Secretary (planning and economic affairs) V.S. Senthil, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) chairman and managing director Sanjeev Kaushik and Prakash Rao from the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.
Kerala Additional Chief Secretary (finance) and KIIFB CEO K.M. Abraham would make a presentation on land bonds and other innovative instruments and structures proposed to be employed by KIIFB to raise funds for infrastructure projects at the concluding sesison.